Looking Back - On 1947 (1947)

Full title reads: “Looking Back - On 1947“. Mainly library film review of the year’s events. Sporting events. Oxford V Cambridge University Boat Race - won by Cambridge. Denis Compton playing cricket. VS of Grand National Horse race. John Cobb world land speed record. Football Cup final - Charlton V Burnley. Derby Horse race won by Pearl Diver. CU Exterior shots of the British Museum, London, fading to the Library and bookshelves with the Domesday book superimposed. A man takes a book down from a shelf. Hector McNeil speaking at United Nations. Vyshinsky addresses meeting. American President Harry S Truman speak to Congress. Fighting between Arabs and Jews following the partition of Israel and Palestine. Strike and demonstration scenes in France. Parade of Italian Communists. Demos in Germany. Transfer of power to Burma signed by Clement Attlee. Transfer of power to India and Pakistan - Lord Louis Mountbatten - the last Viceroy. Trouble resulting from Partition. Royal visit to South Africa by King